The University of Connecticut is an “academically strong, athletically powerful [and] environmentally aware” school that fosters “a strong sense of school pride.” The school “has big-time sports and activities in a large campus” while maintaining “a strong sense of school pride and community.” This “public ivy” is especially attractive to in-state students, providing them with “low,” “affordable” tuition and an “excellent return on investment.” UConn “instills direction and passion in each of [its] students” while “providing a well-rounded educational.” This is a campus where everyone walks around with the hashtag “#BleedBlue” trending in their hearts. Academically, UConn is all about “Opportunities!!!” UConn “offers nearly any degree that one could possibly want,” a Chemistry major explains.

UConn students “are typically friendly, inclusive, and studious.” Demographically, they tend to be “middle class or upper-middle class” “Caucasian” and “most often from Connecticut.” While “they skew on the preppy side of the spectrum” and tend to wear “Sperry’s, Polo, Vera Bradley, etc.” this isn’t always the case. The university is large enough that “you have people in Greek life, hipsters who live in EcoHouse, theatre kids, you name it.” “As with all schools, there are cliques,” but “there is a ‘home’ or place for every student to fit in or belong to.” The safest way to dress on campus is in full “UConn attire” as “everyone is always wearing it.” “One of the things I like most is that there isn’t a typical student here,” a Mathematics major says. “We have so many majors and organizations on campus that I don’t think you can perfectly pinpoint the average UConn student.”

Student clubs and organizations are big on campus, with your average student being “involved in one to three clubs.” As one freshman explains: “There is a saying on campus that takes a spin on ‘there’s an app for that’; it goes, ‘there’s a club for that’ in reference to the fact that there is literally a club for any interest.” There are also “guest lectures almost every day on a wide array of topics” and “movies are also shown at the Student Union [on] Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night.” The Jorgensen Theater puts on “tons of shows” in “a diverse range of acts, such as African tribal dancers, classical musicians…and a variety of plays, musicals, and ballets.” “UConn Pride runs deep throughout the campus community” and often manifests itself around Huskies sporting events, especially “football games, men’s and women’s basketball games, and men’s soccer games.” If students feel the itch to get off campus, the school is “located between New York, Boston, and Providence (and very close to Hartford) so there is no lack of places to take day trips.”

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